{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-8-55","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-8-55","heading":"Requirements of person seeking enforcement of covenants.","body":"The person seeking enforcement of a restrictive covenant shall plead and prove the existence of one or more legitimate business interests justifying the restrictive covenant. If a person seeking enforcement of the restrictive covenant establishes by prima-facie evidence that the restraint is in compliance with the provisions of Code Section 13-8-53, then any person opposing enforcement has the burden of establishing that the contractually specified restraint does not comply with such requirements or that such covenant is unreasonable.","path":["TITLE 13 Contracts","CHAPTER 8 Illegal and Void Contracts Generally","Article 4 Restrictive Covenants in Contracts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.13.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8f663698d84a9fd24db89ad3c0d9e7775cf3280537f442c34210b3291866611e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-8-54","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-8-56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}